14 must-read thriller books like Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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Tender Is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.79

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no …

"Carcass."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"Carcass."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

If you liked the thriller plot in Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Penpal

By: Dathan Auerbach

3.86

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more

Similar categories in Dathan Auerbach's Penpal book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • dark
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

2. Exquisite Corpse

By: Poppy Z. Brite

4.00

Format: 208 pages,

To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own de… read more

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3. The Troop

By: Nick Cutter

3.84

Format: 407 pages, Hardcover

Once a year, scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a three-d… read more

Similar categories in Nick Cutter's The Troop book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Soldering iron, Max."

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"You’ve never heard of the tapeworm diet?"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"I been to hell ... I ain't afraid to go back"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

"His fear was whetted to such a fine edge that he could actually feel it now: a disembodied ball of baby fingers inside his stomach, tickling him from the inside. That's what mortal terror felt like, …"

-Nick Cutter, The Troop

4. Brother

By: Ania Ahlborn

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling horror author of Within These Wallsand The Bird Eater comes a brand-new novel … read more

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5. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

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6. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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7. Tender Is the Flesh

By: Agustina Bazterrica

3.79

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no … read more

Similar categories in Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • dark
  • audiobook
"Carcass."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"She had the human look of a domesticated animal."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"un matadero debería ignorarse, fundirse con el paisaje y nunca llamarse por lo que realmente es."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

"No entiendo por qué nos parece atractiva la sonrisa de una persona. Con la sonrisa uno está mostrando el esqueleto"."

-Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

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8. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

By: Iain Reid

3.55

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a Netflix original movie, this deeply scary and intensely unnerving novel follows a couple in t… read more

Similar categories in Iain Reid's I'm Thinking of Ending Things book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Reality only happens once." (P. 48)"

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"It hurts, all of it, but we feel nothing."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"Every story is made up. Even the real ones."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

"I actually want to be older. I’m happy to age, seriously."

-Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

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9. Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more

Similar categories in Gerardo Sámano Córdova's Monstrilio book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"

-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio

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10. Gone to See the River Man

By: Kristopher Triana

3.67

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers. These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be t… read more

Similar categories in Kristopher Triana's Gone to See the River Man book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • dark
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
"That didn't matter, though. Her thoughts toward her were entirely justified. They'd always been there, but were suppressed by a guilt she'd now began to think she never should have felt in the first …"

-Kristopher Triana, Gone to See the River Man

Cover of What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) by T. Kingfisher

11. What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

3.89

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edg… read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1) book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • audiobook
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
"You shouldn't joke about fairies."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"Most of us go to the Devil without him having to personally oversee things."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

"I had a strong urge to step back from them, and an even stronger urge to poke them with a stick."

-T. Kingfisher, What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

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12. Bunny

By: Mona Awad

3.50

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

We were just these innocent girls in the night trying to make something beautiful. We nearly died. … read more

Similar categories in Mona Awad's Bunny book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The pink pony inside me weeps softly."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"Oh, Bunny, I love you. I love you, Bunny."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"We think of it as art meets life, Bunny. We’re putting art into the world."

-Mona Awad, Bunny

"Because life is shorter than we are, she says, so why beat around the bush?"

-Mona Awad, Bunny

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13. Lapvona

By: Ottessa Moshfegh

3.53

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds h… read more

Similar categories in Ottessa Moshfegh's Lapvona book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"But such was death - it had nothing to say."

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

"Blood was the wine of the spirit, was it not?"

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

"What scared her were other people and their immovable selfishness"

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

"But Jude's piety was a kind of violent urge and not the love and peace it ought to be"

-Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

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14. Motherthing

By: Ainslie Hogarth

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husba… read more

Similar categories in Ainslie Hogarth's Motherthing book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Too much human touching will change a thing."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"A Good Woman butchers her meat properly, without cruelty."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"I bubble again with blinding-hot, spine-severing cumshitkill."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"I can save you. With Secrets of a Famous Chef I can save you."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

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15. Earthlings

By: Sayaka Murata

3.60

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

Natsuki isn't like the other girls. She has a wand and a transformation mirror. She might be a witc… read more

Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's Earthlings book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Sobreviver, haja o que houver."

-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

"O senso comum é uma doença contagiosa e é difícil manter a infecção sozinho."

-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

"I thought that when I grew up society would brainwash me, but it didn't work."

-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

"Até quando eu teria de sobreviver? Será que algum dia poderia apenas viver e não sobreviver?"

-Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

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16. A Certain Hunger

By: Chelsea G. Summers

3.77

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Doro… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea G. Summers's A Certain Hunger book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"I enjoy a man who’s kissed with a yeasty beastliness."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"Junk food was rebellion, rebellion was femininity, femininity was junk."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

"I knew from a young age that motherhood was a cage I never wanted to inhabit."

-Chelsea G. Summers, A Certain Hunger

Cover of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

17. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes

By: Eric LaRocca

3.22

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensati… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
Cover of Woom by Duncan Ralston

18. Woom

By: Duncan Ralston

3.25

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

Warning: this book contains graphic violence and sexuality most readers will find offensive. "I… read more

Similar categories in Duncan Ralston's Woom book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
Cover of 100% Match (Pocket Nasties) by Patrick C. Harrison III

19. 100% Match (Pocket Nasties)

By: Patrick C. Harrison III

3.11

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Bart is thirty. He is bald. He is overweight. He wears glasses. He is a fry cook. He hates cats. An… read more

Similar categories in Patrick C. Harrison III's 100% Match (Pocket Nasties) book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • dark
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. Dead Inside

By: Chandler Morrison

3.29

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers wi… read more

Similar categories in Chandler Morrison's Dead Inside book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • dark
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook
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21. Mary

By: Nat Cassidy

3.80

Format: 405 pages, Paperback

Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invis… read more

Similar categories in Nat Cassidy's Mary book and Agustina Bazterrica's Tender Is the Flesh

  • dark
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • adult
  • audiobook

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